Earn a Bonus, Elite Miles for Transferring Amex Points to Delta

Through May 31, Delta SkyMiles members could earn a 50 percent bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards points into their accounts, plus 25,000 Medallion elite-qualifying miles for transferring 50,000 or more points.

Through September 30, Delta SkyMiles members can earn a 50 percent bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards points into their accounts, plus 25,000 Medallion elite-qualifying miles for transferring 100,000 or more points.

As with the previous promotion, the offer is only available to SkyMiles members who have never before made a transfer from Membership Rewards. (If you’ve already made a transfer, there’s a separate offer in place through June 30—a 40 percent bonus for transfers of 100,000 points or more, but no elite miles—that may be of interest.)

Registration is required.

Deal or No Deal

The offer is identical to it predecessor, except that the elite bonus kicks in after 100,000 miles rather than after 50,000.

So, as I said about the other promotion, Delta partisans with Membership Rewards points to burn shouldn’t miss the opportunity to add to their account balances at an accelerated rate. And if you have enough Membership Rewards points to qualify for the elite bonus as well, that would make a good deal a great one.

The question for non-partisans concerns the value of Delta miles, which turns largely on the availability of awards. I still hear complaints about the lack of award seats in the lowest of Delta’s three award tiers. While such anecdotal reports fall short of hard evidence of a systemic problem, the element of uncertainty does call into question the value of miles earned in Delta’s program.

Please be advised that “good ole” Bank of America American Express cardholders are NOT allowed to transfer points out of their system. Another black eye for Bank of America – the WORST company in the U.S.

don

Delta always appears to be generous in their promotions.Triple miles this/double miles that
50% bonus/ 100% bonus blah blah blah
At the end of the day they have proven historically that they have amongst the worst award redemption in the nation at the lowest
redemption levels in which to redeem.Even their airline partners are fairer with award availability.Need a roundtrip coach ticket? Sorry no 25k availability however for 75,000 or 100,000 round trip we have it!One bright individual correctly nicknamed their mileage currency SKY PESOS.Thanks but no thanks there are much better programs out there that play much fairer with their customers and have far better customer satisfaction scores
Cheers

Carol

On September 6, sometime in the afternoon, I booked a multi-city award ticket on Delta flying from Aberdeen, SD to Oklahoma City, OK the next morning; and then on the 8th I flew from OKC to Denver; returning home to ABR on the 13th for 45000 miles. I thought it was a good deal.